Elapomorphus

Elapomorphus is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.[1]

Elapomorphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Elapomorphus
Wiegmann in Fitzinger, 1843

Species

The genus Elapomorphus contains two species.[1]

  • Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820)
  • Elapomorphus wuchereri Günther, 1861

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elapomorphus.

Etymology

The specific name, wuchereri, is in honor of Portuguese-born German-Brazilian herpetologist Otto Edward Henry Wucherer.[2]

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References
  1. Genus Elapomorphus at The Reptile Database.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elapomorphus wuchereri, p. 290).

Further reading
  • Günther A (1861). "Account of the Reptiles sent by Dr. Wucherer from Bahia". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 7: 412-417. ("Elapomorphus Wuchereri ", new species, pp. 415–416).
  • Raddi G (1820). "Di alcune specie nuove di rettili, e piante brasiliane ". Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana residente in Modena 18: 313-349. ("Coluber 5-lineatus ", new species, pp. 339–340). (in Italian and Latin).
  • Wiegmann [AFA] in Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ("Elapomorphus Wiegm.", new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
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